Sesame Street Live!

We took Lo and Ollie to Sesame Street Live! at the Sprint Center Friday night. Lotus had never been, and Ollie had been once before. They were so excited. Lotus' favorite part was the parade at the end. Ollie like the "glow in the dark guys" best.
Here they are with their pennants:

Here they are in their post-cotton candy comas:

First Movie

We took Lotus to see her first movie a couple of weeks ago. It was Beauty and the Beast- 3D. She enjoyed about half of the movie and then got restless during the "scary part", so we left. We saw a preview for Finding Nemo, and that's what she wants to see next she says.
Here we are with our 3D glasses, with Lo in her Belle costume:

Family Pictures

We got our first professional family pictures taken today. We think they came out pretty good!

First day of Preschool

Lotus had her first day of preschool on Wednesday. She will go to a Montessori preschool for kids ages 2.5-5 on Wednesdays and Thursdays. She was super excited to go to "big girl school", but I thought for sure there would be tears at drop off. However, the only tears came from her Mama. She sat right down at a table and started working on a puzzle. On Wednesday, she has music class and ballet class. Her teachers, Ms. Tammy and Ms. Jen reported that Lolo could name all of the instruments already and is very smart. Wednesday night she showed us how she played the violin. Here she is with her backpack getting ready to go:



Here she is with one of her first excercises she did at school. I like this picture because, at the top of the page are some of the first squares I've ever seen her draw:

Lotus' 3rd Christmas

We all had a very merry Christmas. Christmas Eve Jeff made a sushi dinner with bubble tea for desert for everyone. It was delicious. Then we opened presents! Lotus' favorite presents are her Ariel doll, "Belle baby" (that came with a matching dress up dress) and stroller pack-n-play set. The men got matching shirts.

Christmas Day Becky and Wes made a traditional Christmas dinner (sooo good), complete with Tofurkey. The kids must have been REALLY good because Santa Claus came to our house AND Mimi Poppop's house. Here they are with their stockings at Mimi's house:

Lotus still fits in her stocking (barely). Click here to see her in her stocking at her first Christmas.

A St. Joe Christmas in KC

This year all of our St. Joe family came to Mimi and Poppop's house to celebrate Christmas together. There were lots of kids and Lotus love it! Here is everyone opening their presents:

Here are the kids playing with Mimi and Poppop's Christmas train: